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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Steve Smith & The "Ice Up Son" Movement

Steve Smith has been a staple in the Carolina Panthers organization and the
Charlotte community for years. So much that he has starred in
commercials for the Charlotte, North Carolina based fast food chain
Bojangles on Several occasions like in the commercial above this
paragraph.

You
may ask why is this relevant? Well I'll tell you exactly why 5 words
that came out of the Panthers all-time leader in receiving yards has
inspired campaigns and t-shirts. The 5 words I am speaking about come
from the now infamous quote “Ice up son, Ice up” following
Carolina's huge 24-20 victory over the New England Patriots on Monday
Night Football.

These
comments were triggered by what transpired in the 1st
quarter between Smith and Aqib Talib. Smith had 4 receptions and 62
yards on Talib but it was an altercation after the whistle coupled
with Talib not finishing the game due to a hip injury that inspired
these jabs from #89.

These
2 guys have history dating back to Talib's days with the with
NFC South division rival Tampa
Bay Buccaneers. After
a reporter asked what happened between the 2 rivals he said “I
don't know, you go ask him cause he didn’t finish the game, Ice up
son, ice Up”. Now usually it would end there score the victory for
Steve Smith but the reality is that Smith beats Talib and gets more
notoriety at Talib's expense.

Now
back to Bojangles, not to long after the great 1-liner by Smith
Bojangles honored Smith by posting this picture and tweet in honor of
him. Check it out above the paragraph. Pretty cool if you ask me and
a nice gesture by Bojangles.

After
that comes one of the best Christmas gifts you could ever give any
serious Carolina Panthers fan and that's a black t-shirt that reads
“Ice Up Son” in the teams colors. Talk about an amazing shirt I
want one myself. The shirt is now available at http://teespring.com/and
has already sold 1,000+ shirts according to Yahoo.com.

So
the Panthers one the game and now the Carolina's have a phrase they
can use in just about any situation. If people not doing their job at
work you can tell them to “Ice up son”. Kids getting bullied at
school tell him to “Ice up son”. You and the love you're life are
having problems you both can “Ice up son”.The movement is growing and pretty cool stuff happening just off of 3-5 words.